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Recent Examples of telegraph
Chairman Jerome Powell telegraphed resuming the Fed’s interest rate cutting campaign from pre-election meetings last Fall (a 50 basis points cut could find some legs too).
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
Ancora Holdings chairman and CEO Fredrick DiSanto and Ancora Alternatives president James Chadwick penned the letter on Aug. 6, days after Chadwick appeared on CNBC and telegraphed a possible intent to enforce change at CSX.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
A day earlier, at the event with Indiana Democrats at Marquette Park on Chicago’s South Side, Texas state Rep. Gene Wu of Houston, who leads the Democratic caucus in his chamber, also telegraphed how his members intended to claim victory, regardless of whether their state adopts the GOP map.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The show was its first in seven years, staged in the open air to telegraph accessibility under new Heartland ownership.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
Ancora Holdings chairman and CEO Fredrick DiSanto and Ancora Alternatives president James Chadwick penned the letter on Aug. 6, days after Chadwick appeared on CNBC and telegraphed a possible intent to enforce change at CSX.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
A day earlier, at the event with Indiana Democrats at Marquette Park on Chicago’s South Side, Texas state Rep. Gene Wu of Houston, who leads the Democratic caucus in his chamber, also telegraphed how his members intended to claim victory, regardless of whether their state adopts the GOP map.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The show was its first in seven years, staged in the open air to telegraph accessibility under new Heartland ownership.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegraph
Verb
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Notices About Penalties If the IRS charges you a penalty or interest, the agency will mail you a notice.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Violators will be asked for ID and will be issued a citation on the spot or mailed one.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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An interface that gives the user no choices but still must be interacted with is maximally inefficient because the user must do some non-zero amount of work to communicate absolutely no information.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Essentially, if both partners are willing to reflect, communicate openly, and take tangible steps to improve the relationship, there’s potential for growth.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tunnel fits have become so valuable that the teams themselves post them on official social media channels, to the delight (and sometimes befuddlement) of fans.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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By the close, all three major indices posted modest gains of under 1%.—
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CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Telegraph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraph. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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